Hey there, weirdos. How y'all doing? This story is based on Gorgeous by Taylor Swift. I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Bechloe when I first heard the song so I just had to write this. I apologize for any grammar mistakes but I'm brazilian so please let's not be dicks about it (or be it, I love getting tips on how to improve my english). Dad jokes aside, this is my first time writing fanfiction so I'm truly sorry if it sucks.
Gorgeous
That's the first thing Beca Mitchell thinks when she looks at Chloe at Barden's activities fair.
"Hi. Any interest in joining our a capella group?" a redhead asks as she hands Beca a flyer. She's standing beside a blonde girl that looks a little uncomfortable.
"Oh, right. This is like a thing now." Beca says as she wonders what is it with these people and a capella.
"Oh, totes! We sing covers of songs, but we do it without any instruments. It's all from our mouths" the redhead says with a smile.
"Yikes" it's all the brunette says because she doesn't even bother hiding that she couldn't care less about a capella as she tries to ignore how beautiful Chloe's smile is.
"There's four groups on campus" Chloe continues, still smiling and ignoring Beca's comment. "The Bellas, that's us. We're the tits. The BU Harmonics, they sing a lot of Madonna. The High notes, they're not particularly… motivated. And then there's…" she doesn't finish her sentence. She just points at a group of guys who are singing not too far from them.
Beca knows who they are, she's dating one of them. Jesse Swanson. The Treblemakers or something like that.
"So, are you interested?"
"Sorry. It's just... it's pretty lame" Beca says.
"Aca-scuse me?" the blonde interrupts. "Synchronized lady dancing to a Mariah Carey chart-topper isn't lame." she continues with a shocked look on her face.
"We sing all over the world, and we compete in national championships!" the redhead explains.
"On purpose?" Beca asks but didn't need to be answered. She's been to some of these competitions to support Jesse even if she never liked it.
"We played the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, you bitch!" blondie says. Beca seems to be caught off guard, but not offended so Chloe decides to step in and calm things down.
"What Aubrey means to say is that we are a close-knit, talented group of ladies whose dream is to return to the national finals at Lincoln Center this year. Help us turn our dreams into a reality?" the redhead asks, looking at Beca with her best puppy eyes.
"Sorry, I don't even sing. But it was really nice to meet you guys" the brunette says and leaves.
Truth is, Beca already knew enough about the a capella world. She just didn't want to be part of that before, considering how much Jesse talked about it. Let's be honest, it does sound pretty lame. But when a naked Chloe invades Beca's shower while she's singing Titanium and demands the brunette to sing for her, she changes her mind. Mainly after Chloe tells her that the song in question is her lady jam. She decides to show up at auditions because she figured that being in an acapella group meant having one thing in common with Jesse.
Maybe that will fix whatever is broken between us. At least that's what she thinks.
At initiation night Beca gets a little bit too drunk. Jesse barely looks at her all night but keeps getting her drinks so she just goes with it. That doesn't go unnoticed by Aubrey, so Chloe decides she should do something to ease the tension.
"Hey" she says and grabs Beca's arms pulling her a little bit too close to her face.
"Oh" it's all the brunette manages to say as she's caught off guard by the redhead.
"I'm so glad that I met you." Chloe says, their faces so close they could almost taste the alcohol on each other's breath. "I think that we're gonna be really fast friends."
"Well, you saw me naked so…" she winks.
"I saw you talking to that treble earlier…" Chloe says with a disappointed look. "I know it's not my place to say anything but Aubrey takes that oath very seriously." That oath was part of some sort of ritual to initiate the Bellas, lead by their co-captains Aubrey, who was a senior, and Chloe, who was a sophomore.
"Oh, Jesse? We were just talking. You totes don't need to worry about that." Beca jokes to hide what was clearly a lie. She can't tell if that's because of the alcohol in her blood or the fact that they're still very close to each other. So she tries to ignore it. Tries. But she's somehow drawn to Chloe.
"Oh totes." Chloe winks, not totally convinced. "Alright. I'm gonna go get a drink. This ginger needs her jiggle juice. See ya later" she yells the last part, leaving Beca alone.
"Make good choices!" she answers but the redhead is already too far to listen.
The rest of the night was eventless. Jesse still barely talked to Beca and she pretended not to care.
After a few weeks, Beca and Chloe seem to be getting along very well. The redhead is really attentive to her during the small time they share and she has this amazing personality that Beca doesn't know why but she can't seem to get enough of. They don't really spend much time together besides the Bellas rehearsals. Beca spends most of her free time mixing songs on her laptop because she has always wanted to be a music producer (Not a performer, she enjoys being backstage). But she doesn't let anyone listen to her mixes. Anyone but Chloe.
Jesse's a junior at Barden and they usually had movie nights every friday but they haven't had much time together since she got here. To be honest she didn't understand his obsession with movies at first but now she kinda missed it. Beca got to her dorm after her only class that day and noticed her roommate wasn't there, as usual. The brunette decided to text her boyfriend to confirm their date before showering.
[Beca]: Hey weirdo, still on for tonight?
[Jesse]: Can't, I'm going out with the boys.
[Beca]: Oh it's fine then. Have fun.
Beca sits on her bed thinking about how messed up her relationship with him has been. They've been on and off since he graduated high school, but that's a story for later. Jesse has cheated on her before but Beca felt like it was her fault because she wasn't around as much as he wanted her to. She didn't even go to the last ICCA's. Even though deep down she knew it wasn't really her fault, she believed him when he said it wouldn't happen again. And it didn't. At least as far as she knows. Her thoughts are interrupted by her phone.
[Chloe]: Hey you busy?
[Beca]: Not much. You?
[Chloe]: We're gonna have sort of a picnic at the roof. Wanna tag along?
[Beca]: I'm not sure if I should.
[Chloe]: Oh cmon becs you sound bored. I promise it'll be fun.
[Beca]: You can't really listen to a text, Chloe.
[Chloe]: Oh please miss grumpy pants. For me?
"Ugh why do you have to be so nice?" She asked herself but she would never admit it to the redhead's face.
[Beca]: Fine but quit the nicknames. Be there in 30.
She took a quick shower and went straight to the roof of BU's Art Center to meet the girls.
The first thing she noticed was that all the girls seemed to be a bit… loosen up. They were sitting on blankets on the floor and laughing too loud.
"Finally! You have some catching up to do, shorty" Fat Amy said and raised a red solo cup to make her point. And yes, that's how she called herself.
"Thought you said it was a picnic, Chloe. I don't really feel like drinking right now. It's also a bit early for that" Beca said as she sits next to her ginger friend who was admiring the view, with a small distance from the other girls.
"Well first of all, I said it was sort of a picnic. We're just bounding, Becs. What's wrong?" Chloe asked noticing the brunette looked concerned about something.
"It's silly... Jesse hasn't been around much lately and he's out with the trebles tonight and I just-" she stopped mid sentence and nearly choked on air realizing Chloe wasn't supposed to know about her relationship.
"Beca, it's okay. I kind of already knew about you and him… I won't tell anyone but you gotta be careful with Aubrey, okay?" she said with a reassuring smile. "Sounds like you could really use a drink so here you go." she handed Beca a cup with whatever they were having. "And if you want to talk about it, I'm here for you okay?" she took the brunette's hand on hers in a way that was a little bit too intimate but at that moment none of them cared at all.
"Thanks a lot, Chloe." Beca says taking a sip of something that looked like whiskey but definitely didn't taste like it to hide that holding hands with the redhead was having some kind of effect on her.
"Anytime. Oh look!" Chloe pointed at the sky in front of them. "Hey guys, you're gonna miss the sunset!"
They stop what they're doing and turn to look at the sky. Nobody says anything for the next minutes. They just sat there sharing the beautiful view in front of them. Everyone seemed to be in their own little bubble so Beca can't stop herself from stealing some glances at Chloe. She's never seen anyone so… gorgeous. But that's not the kind of thing you should think about your friend. Not when you're in a not so secret relationship with a guy who's supposed to be your enemy. And had been acting likewise. Besides, she doesn't think she would stand a chance anyway. Chloe is wonderful and she looks so good she could have literally anyone she wanted. For a moment Beca doesn't even care about Jesse being out to God knows where. She's not pissed at him. She's actually pissed at herself, for allowing this whole thing to happen like it was no big deal when it clearly was. She feels Chloe moving her hand and now their fingers are intertwined. And it feels so good to have someone as caring as Chloe around that she doesn't mind. It felt so right it made her furious that she didn't have that feeling in her relationship anymore. But she wouldn't bring herself to care about that just now because she was looking at the beautiful sunset, surrounded by friends and holding hands with Chloe. And Beca thinks she'll never say it to her face but Chloe just looks so... gorgeous. That's the only thing Beca Mitchell thinks when she looks at Chloe.
A/N: So this is the first part. I have two more chapters planned for this and the rating might change… anyway, let me know what you think. Again, I'm sorry if it was bad. I'll be back in a day or two.
